Police: Armed man with flame-covered backpack robs Berks County bank

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A man pointing a gun and carrying a backpack decorated with flames robbed a Berks County bank on Wednesday morning, May 19, 2015, state police at Reading said. The man, wearing sunglasses, a baseball hat and a surgical mask, entered the National Penn Bank, 420 Main St. in Oley Township around 10:50 a.m., pulled a gun and demanded money from all the tellers, police said.

A man pointing a gun and carrying a backpack decorated with flames robbed a Berks County bank on Wednesday morning, May 19, 2015, state police at Reading said. The man, wearing sunglasses, a baseball hat and a surgical mask, entered the National Penn Bank, 420 Main St. in Oley Township around 10:50 a.m., pulled a gun and demanded money from all the tellers, police said.

A man pointing a gun and carrying a backpack decorated with flames robbed a Berks County bank Wednesday morning, state police at Reading said.

The man, wearing sunglasses, a baseball hat and a surgical mask, entered the National Penn Bank at 420 Main St. in Oley Township around 10:50 a.m. Wednesday, pulled a gun and demanded money from all the tellers, police said.

The robber held the bank employees and customers at gunpoint, police said. None of them was harmed, police said.

The robber fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money that he placed in a backpack decorated with orange flames. Witnesses told police the robber got into dark blue Chevy Cruze that was waiting a block away, police said. The vehicle had a white tag on the rear window, which police said might be a temporary registration sticker.

The robber is described as being in his late 30s to mid-40s, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call state police at Crime Alert Berks County at 877-373-9913.